The Washington critic., 1887-03-24
WASHINGTON, MARCH 81, 1887.
JOHN sHERMAN,s LUCK.

IuChi VI spctlul pIONlucuCc, We uOh
know; hut from the first TO the last of
Mr. Blainc's campaign In 1884 he never
struck such a choice little bonanza as
seemed to have been turned out for the
Senator's particular benefit the other
night at Birmingham, Ala.
The story + that a delegation Of col
ored men, being dcsirous NJ waiting
upon him at his hotel was refused adj
mission by the landlord, whereupon
Mr.. Sherman paid his bill and sought
other lodgings, evidently determined
that no color linr should he drawn be.
tween himself and The possible dele.
gates to the next National Republican
Convention.
How all this happaucl TO happen
just at this time and in this way, as
though made to order, we are not adj
vised; but certain 1t is that the oslo
statesman Is thus provided carly in the
canvass with most conclusive evidence
that the negro In the South is still de
MED the enjoyment Of the civil rights
guaranteed him'b the amended Coz.
stitution, aud that the echoes Of the
slavc.drivcr's lash continue TO make
the welkin of the cN Confcderacy ring,
as II were.
1t hardly ranks with the typical
Southern outrage in the enormlty of
the ofrense committed, but there's po.
lhical capital in It, nevertheless. and
in the effective manipulation of such
capital as this, history records no
fingers more canny or adroit than those
of Mr.. John Sherman. And 1t will he
heard from in due time. We may res,
assured that the Senator has follel It
carefully away in his grip sack for fu
ture use.
About the time We begin TO hear Of
President Cleveland great strategic
movement of appointing colored man
Recorder of Deeds for the District of
Columbia and of the distinguished con.
sideration thus extended to the colored
race by q Democratic Administration,
and of the stampede of negroes from
the Republican to the Democratic
PARTY, all brought about by this saga.
cious bestowal of patronage, Mr.. Sher.
man will begin TO unpack the Birning.
ham landlord for exhibition and dilate
in glowing rhetoric upon the pcrsecu.
tion and oppression TO which the race
IS subjected by Mr.. Clevellnd's sup.
porters in the South.
II any colOred Republicans have in
the meantime broken ranks aud made
for the Democratic camp by reason of
the recognition vOuchsared them In the
TTotter appointment, the OHIO Stultor
will proceed to confront the fugitive'
with the insult put upon their race by
the Alabama hotel keeper and call
them vigorously to halt; and It IS safe
10 say that all who don't fall promptly
into line can be counted on ones
fingers.
Seriously speaking, we attach no
great consequence to either matter, but
tie political advantage, If any there be,
is clearly on the Republican side. 1t
always happens so. We never knew a
Democratic point made or attempted 1
with view to breaking the solid col.
ord vote, but what some blunder.
headed marplot put In m uuwelcome
appearance and bursted up the whole
scheme.
THE CRITIC has not urged the ap.
pointment of an outsider TO the Su
preme bench OF the District, In pref
erence to a resident, but we have said
several times and still say, that an ap
pointment so made would not be a vlo,
lation of the principle of local men fol
local offices to the extent or In the SAINT
sense that 1t was violated by appointing
Massachusetts man 10 the Recorder
ship of Deeds. We fully appreciate
how gratifying to local pride would be
the selection Of members of the Dis
trict bar for vacancies occurring in the
Supreme Judiciary, but in view of the
fact that at least one third of the bust
ness Of the court is United States bust
ness, that 1t possesses jurisdiction sec
ond only TO that OF the Supreme Cour
OF the United States, and that all Its ex
penses are paid out of the public Treas
ury, the President would certainly bt
guilty of no gross impropriety IN as
signing TO It's judges a national rnnl
and looking to the country at large t,
furnish them out of It's best aud ablas
material. The Stars argument tha
nobody of the requisite qualification
could afford to come here on th
salary affixed will hardly hol
water. There is II great deI
of difference between salarie
for fixed terms-one year, two years
six years, as the case may be--lu
solarits for lliei and many n man VIII
would refuse an appointment in tn
one case at $4,000 year would b
very glad to accept it In the other 0
$4,000. Neither Is there much of any
thing in our contemporary's argumer
that non resident would be placed 9
disadvantage by his unfamiliarit
with District law and practice. The,
are things that intelligent attorney
learn quickly. They move from Sta
10 State, from States to Terrltorie
from bar to bench, with no more thO
the merest temporary Inconvenience
and smart lawyer from outside of Il
District would become acquainted wit
its practice almost as soon as he woul
with the names of the city's streets.
THE high license bill passed the Ne
York Assembly yesterday and viii
doubtless, be approved by the Senate